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Farm sales were down 21.6% for the three months ended December 2019 versus the year prior — but sales look to be lifting.
Nominations are being called for the Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award.
The second Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction of the year has delivered another positive result.
With many regions experiencing increasingly dry weather, DairyNZ has put together some tips for farmers on managing challenging conditions.
Federated Farmers vice president Andrew Hoggard will be standing for president of the farmer lobby at this year’s annual meeting in June.
Fonterra is extending its MyMilk initiative to the North Island aiming to make it easier for more dairy farmers to get into their own farms, and to grow with the co-op.
Some Northland dairy farmers have been asked to stop irrigating because of the low river levels.
There have been some encouraging signs for dairy farmers recently, says Rabobank national manager for food and agribusiness banking, Hamish Midgley.
Federated Farmers vice president, Andrew Hoggard says some dairy farmers are trapped with debt.
National museum, Te Papa is under fire over its exhibition on water quality in New Zealand.
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Te Papa has responded to farmer criticism of its exhibition on water quality.
Keeping an eye on the changing farming horizon is priority for the new chair of the Ruralco rural supply chain, Mid-Canterbury dairy farmer Jessie Chan-Dorman.
After 2019’s record highs, farmers should expect less spectacular NZ commodity prices this year, says ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny.
Case IH owners will now able to make more informed farm management decisions – based on both real-time and historic data generated by their machines.
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